In respect
of the buzzard that you saw perched on the cairn on Low Fell when
you were up there with Harry? I've since looked on the larger
screen of my laptop & I'm positive that it's a peregrine .....
lovely to see.
100% sure on closer inspection that it is due to the black mask
like top to it's head & yellow legs.

A very exciting bird to
see & one for you to look out for now.

Angie Espin.

It is a peregrine and I suspect a female
which is much bulkier than the male,

never 100% on this though unless a pair
are seen together.

Best Wishes DD.

[ Thanks to Angie for updating
us on the identity of the bird and David for confirmation]

A very contented boy soaking up the sun's rays at the
viewpoint.

Perhaps he was also smiling at the glorious view.

Mellbreak in the centre, a snow covered Grasmoor prominent
to the left, Crummock a deep blue and a glimpse of Loweswater to the
right.

We had to wrench ourselves away before retracing our
steps back along the ridge to the car.

- - - - o o o - - -

As so often happens when a walk, followed by a supper
evening together is pre-arranged,

the sunshine takes a day off. Trevor, Gill and Finlay
came over from Borrowdale

and we chose Rannerdale Knotts for a walk, a new fell
for them.

Harry, the old boy, keeps an eye on the frolicking youngsters
!

Not too far from the top, Roger,Trevor and Gill seek
out a geocache.

Rather a grey lake today.

After this blip in the better weather, the following
few days saw a return to sunshine once again.

Dylan likes to get ahead to the high ground . . . he
waits for us to catch up.

Three golden boys, Harry, Dylan and Finlay.

The second summit of Rannerdale Knotts.

Making our way along the ridge. High Snockrigg and Robinson
are the fells ahead.

Haystacks is to the right beyond Buttermere, in front
of the snowy Gable fells.

A snowy Grasmoor dominates the heights above Squat Beck
valley.

Soon after this we cut down into the valley and enjoyed
this view towards Low Fell and Crummock Water.

Some of the damage inflicted upon the beck and the trees
alongside Squat Beck by the recent torrential winter rains.

Dylan and Finlay stand on the edge of the damaged bank
which suffered the loss of this huge boulder.

- - - o o o - - -

A close up of the rock that tumbled

from the bank above into the river,

a victim of the

recent winter floods.

- - - o o o - - -

Before returning to the car we diverted off the main
path to look at the old potash bloomery.

The Bloomery was an ancient fireplace or kiln where
they used to burn bracken and mix it with lanolin oils